Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:18 pm
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Would it be against the rules to have a personal coffee maker? I know I've considered bringing an electric kettle to work for tea purposes more than once.
If you still have access to hot water, Aeropress is a painless way to make good coffee. Easier to clean up than a French press and doesn't require water to be as hot as common pour over methods. I used that for a while before I went down the rabbit hole with my office coffee setup (kettle, hand grinder, and V60).
I was gonna say I think at least unsolicited advice predated porn but then I remembered ascii images.
I probably mistakenly read too much into what was said and interpreted the wording as more than just venting (in a subtle way). A carryover from growing up with somebody who would do this and get upset later if you didn't decipher the subtext correctly.
To answer both of these together, I have access to a coffee maker, but the only water access we have is a drinking fountain, and a tiny bathroom sink so cleaning it has been... not worth the extreme mess it's caused. No microwaves, etc. to heat stuff up either. It's a tragedy.SocorroTortoise wrote: ↑4 years agoIf you still have access to hot water, Aeropress is a painless way to make good coffee. Easier to clean up than a French press and doesn't require water to be as hot as common pour over methods. I used that for a while before I went down the rabbit hole with my office coffee setup (kettle, hand grinder, and V60).
Ick and/or I'm sorry.Airi wrote: ↑4 years agoTo answer both of these together, I have access to a coffee maker, but the only water access we have is a drinking fountain, and a tiny bathroom sink so cleaning it has been... not worth the extreme mess it's caused. No microwaves, etc. to heat stuff up either. It's a tragedy.
I've been reduced to getting mediocre gas station coffee on the mornings that I actually have time to do so.
That's a sad state of affairs, an a perfect example of why a person ought to own an espresso machine. I've had one for the better part of a decade now and regret nothing. In the meantime though, sending jittery caffeine vibes from Aotearoa. I feel for you.Airi wrote: ↑4 years agoTo answer both of these together, I have access to a coffee maker, but the only water access we have is a drinking fountain, and a tiny bathroom sink so cleaning it has been... not worth the extreme mess it's caused. No microwaves, etc. to heat stuff up either. It's a tragedy.SocorroTortoise wrote: ↑4 years agoIf you still have access to hot water, Aeropress is a painless way to make good coffee. Easier to clean up than a French press and doesn't require water to be as hot as common pour over methods. I used that for a while before I went down the rabbit hole with my office coffee setup (kettle, hand grinder, and V60).
I've been reduced to getting mediocre gas station coffee on the mornings that I actually have time to do so.
I had to go back and watch the part of the stream you were in due to a Cub Scout Zoom meeting around the same time, but it looked like the game was pretty fun. Although, honestly all of the games in this stream looked fun. Pretty diverse collection of decks.cryogen wrote: ↑4 years agoIf you don't follow him on Twitter or Facebook, you may not have seen the announcement Sheldon made that tomorrow the RC and friends will be spending the day on Olivia Gobert-Hicks' Twitch stream playing games and chatting with "Commander luminaries" from noon until midnight. I'm pretty stoked that he invited me to join him, so if you want to pop in at any point during the day, I'll be playing at 6pm.
Yeah it was fun. Blood Artist and Aura Shards lasted way longer than they should have, although I probably got some small amount of pity for so many missed land drops.Segrus wrote: ↑4 years agoI had to go back and watch the part of the stream you were in due to a Cub Scout Zoom meeting around the same time, but it looked like the game was pretty fun. Although, honestly all of the games in this stream looked fun. Pretty diverse collection of decks.cryogen wrote: ↑4 years agoIf you don't follow him on Twitter or Facebook, you may not have seen the announcement Sheldon made that tomorrow the RC and friends will be spending the day on Olivia Gobert-Hicks' Twitch stream playing games and chatting with "Commander luminaries" from noon until midnight. I'm pretty stoked that he invited me to join him, so if you want to pop in at any point during the day, I'll be playing at 6pm.
Disagree. If I could Door to Nothingness an Aura Shards, I would do it every time.bobthefunny wrote: ↑4 years agoThat's not pity, that's threat assessment! You can't be a threat if you have no lands. :p
I'm not sure how to take this. I realize it was one game seeing the decks for the first time, but "super fair" really isn't what I was going for (I also didn't mulligan because the hand was 4 lands + so-so cards, but I wouldn't call it "bad").Yesterday I was able to catch about an hour and a half of Olivia Gobert-Hicks's stream, which featured various EDH community members and luminaries. The game I watched featured Jim from the Spike Feeders, cryogen, Toby, and a fourth person whose name I'm afraid I forget. Now, the points I want to stress are that this game looked both a) super fun and b) super casual.
Like I've been playing EDH for eight years now, both with friends and at my LGS, and I've never participated in such a casual game. Like, I don't know if I've ever seen an MTG Muddstah game that was this casual. Like, "it's-turn-11-and-nobody-has-played-a-counterspell-or-a-boardwipe" casual.
Jim was rocking his ultra casual Kangee meme deck, which seems to be all about shapeshifters and weird synergies. The dude whose name I didn't catch was playing super fair Boros. cryogen was playing super fair Karador and didn't mulligan a bad hand. And Toby, finally, was playing his Niv-Mizzet Reborn deck featuring zero counterspells, zero cards that aren't a "hit" for Niv — no signets, no Rampant Growth, etc. — and Allure of the Unknown.
I have to underscore again that this game looked super fun. Toby's and Jim's decks, in particular, seemed really thematic and unique. It actually made me want to build a really low powered, thematic deck, something I haven't ever really done.
It's also true that these decks would have been absolutely annihilated by a typical Josh Lee Kwai or Kyle Hill deck. Every deck except cryogen's looked like it would have seriously struggled against one of the "tuned" budget decks Mitch builds on the Commander's Quarters.
I'm sure it wasn't meant as a criticism of your deck.cryogen wrote: ↑4 years agoI'm not sure how to take this. I realize it was one game seeing the decks for the first time, but "super fair" really isn't what I was going for (I also didn't mulligan because the hand was 4 lands + so-so cards, but I wouldn't call it "bad").
I probably should lower the curve some though.
I wonder why they changed that. Maybe so you wouldn't see the aftermath part as easily while it's in your hand the typical way they get fanned out, since that can only be cast from graveyard? I like the little tombstone icons they had on older cards with flashback like Moment's Peace.bobthefunny wrote: ↑4 years agoI have just realized that Split cards and Aftermath cards are rotated in different directions.
This game is now ruined for me.
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It makes it obvious which way is right side up in your hand. It also gives you the option (if you're someone like me) to turn it sideways in the grave so that the aftermath effect sticks out and can be read entirely and you don't have to shuffle through to remember that it's there and what it does.lyonhaert wrote: ↑4 years agoI wonder why they changed that. Maybe so you wouldn't see the aftermath part as easily while it's in your hand the typical way they get fanned out, since that can only be cast from graveyard? I like the little tombstone icons they had on older cards with flashback like Moment's Peace.